Parent Confessions - Hiding the Halloween Costume

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, hear me out before you judge it. Okay,
there's just certain.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Things that you do to ensure a smooth holiday.

Speaker 1 (00:10):
All right, it's Star one oh five point seven. I'm
Schmidty and we do it every Wednesday. Confessions. Okay, I said,
don't judge me, don't knock until you've tried it. But
I have hidden my kids Halloween costumes so they will
be ready for Friday, and I don't feel bad about it.
So we've had two trunk retreats, We've got a third

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one tomorrow, and then my kids have a costume parade
at their school on Friday. Listen. They're so excited about
their costumes. They want to wear them all the time
and I love that. And after Halloween, absolutely, they're gonna
go in the dress up bend. It's gonna be. It's great.
My daughter's got her which dress, my son's got his
sweet leg muscle iron Man outfit, wonderful. But if I

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don't hide these things from them, they will a either
get lost or be get ripped or ruined before we
actually can wear them for the intended holiday. Does that
make me a bad mom? You tell me, But you
know what it will mean. Absolutely, no meltdown on Friday
night when we don't have a costume to wear for Halloween.

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And sometimes I have to take a win where I
can get a win